KARACHI: At the 8th International Defense Exhibition and Seminar IDEAS 2014 in Karachi, Rohde & Schwarz will present highlights from its broad product portfolio. The electronics group will showcase a variety of new and established solutions from its different business fields.

Rohde & Schwarz will present tried and tested as well as innovative radio communications solutions. The R&S VCS-4G voice communications system (VCS) ensures flexible and reliable air traffic control (ATC). The fully IP-based system serves as the core component for establishing virtual control centers and features a distributed and redundant architecture. The system meets the requirements of the international EUROCAE ED-137B standard and supports both voice and data applications. The decentralized system architecture of the R&S VCS-4G provides extremely reliable ground-air and ground-ground communications. ATC authorities can rely on the solutions from the ATC specialist, Rohde & Schwarz, for the entire communications path from the controller working position via the radio to the antenna.

Other highlights include the R&S MP007 portable direction finding system which uses the R&S DDF007 portable direction finder as a core. The R&S DDF007 direction finder enables fast and comprehensive radio spectrum monitoring and DF measurements. In combination with the R&S ADDx07 compact DF antennas the compact and flexible DF station serves as a stationary or mobile DF station. Equipped with intelligent charging electronics, a central power supply and other accessories, the R&S MP007 facilitates an entirely new approach to portable direction finding in urban areas and at hard-to-reach locations. If required, the R&S DDF007 can be taken out of the backpack and be used autonomously.

In addition, Rohde & Schwarz will present products from its continually growing test and measurement portfolio. Highlights include the company’s fast and accurate, state-of-the-art realtime Oscilloscopes. With a whole set of new trigger and decoding options for its oscilloscope families, Rohde & Schwarz helps diverse user groups verify, test and debug their designs. For users in the A&D sector, the R&S RTM, R&S RTE and R&S RTO oscilloscopes offer options for the MIL1553 and ARINC protocols. Also on display is the new R&S CMA180 radio test set especially designed for manufacturing and maintaining analog radios in the frequency range from 100 kHz to 3 GHz.The tester can generate test signals up to 20 MHz bandwidth and process high input power levels up to 150 W.